Tuva coverage index

Herders of the Mongun Taiga
Humphrey, Caroline; Sheppard, John

Ethnographic film about Tuvan herders and perestroika. The Tuvinians live deep inside the Soviet Union, at the very centre of Asia. Tuva is geographically closer to Beijing than to Moscow.

subject: gender, pastoralism, shamanism, socialism

mongon-taiga-film-transcript
Humphrey, Caroline; Sheppard, John

This is the full transcript for the film “Herders of the Mongun Taiga”.

Image published in “Perestroika and the Pastoralists”
Humphrey, Caroline

Herdsmen at a brigade meeting to confirm winter pastures.

Image published in “Perestroika and the Pastoralists”
Humphrey, Caroline

The perestroika monument in Kyzyl, capital of Tuva ASSR.

Tuvinian Lama-shamans: Some stories from Mongun-Taiga
Humphrey, Caroline; Mongush, Marina

English translation of a story told by Bair Surunovich Irgit (b. 1918), included in part in the film “Herders of Mongun Taiga”, concerning lama-shamans.

subject: Buddhism, divination, shamanism, stories

Perestroika and the pastoralists: The example of Mongun-Taiga in Tuva ASSR
Humphrey, Caroline

An anthropology article discussing Caroline Humphrey’s observations from a visit to Tuva, conducted during the course of production for the film “Herders of the Mongun Taiga”.

subject: Tuva, USSR, pastoralism, socialism